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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



OF THE 



Jlanhc^et ^isioricaf Association 



:^ncot^oxaUb 3uf^ 9. 1S94. 




NANTUCKET, MASS. 
1894. 






INQUIRfcR AND MiRROR PRINT, 
NANTUCKET, MASS. 






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PRESIDENT. 
DR. J. SIDNEY MITCHELL. 



VICE-PRESIDENTS. 
Rev. M. S. Dudley, Mr. H. S. Wver. 

Mr.«. Elizabeth Starbuck. Rev. P. A. Hanaford, 
Mr. Alexander Starbuck, Mr. Henry Macy Uph/ 



TREASURER. 
Mr. Alex. H. Seaverns. 



RECORDING SECRETARY. 
Mlss Mary E. Starbuck. 



CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 
Miss Susan A. Starbuck. 



COUNCILORS. 
Mrs. Charles B. Swain. Mrs. H. U. Bennett, 
Mrs. George G. Fish. Miss Susan E. Brock, 

Mr. Wendell Macy. Mr. Arthur H. Gardn :r, 

Mr. Stanley Edwards Johnson. 



Constitution. 

ARTICLE I. 

The objects of this association shall be 
the collection and preservation of such memo- 
rials, l)ooks, papers and curiosities as may tend 
to illustrate and perpetuate the history of the 
early settlers of this island, and of the race 
which vanished before them ; and the securing 
of a memorial building in which such collections 
can be preserved. 

ARTICLE II. 

The officers of tliis association shall be a 
President, six Vice-Presidents, a Recording and 
a Corresponding Secretary, and a Treasurer, 
who, with seven others to be elected, shall con- 



stitute a Council of seventeen. The President 
(and in his absence, one of the Vice-Presidents) 
shall preside at all meetings of the association 
and the Council. 

The Recording Secretary sliall keep a true 
record of the doings of the association and the 
Council, and a list of all the members of the 
association, with date of admission. 

The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct 
the corres})ondence ot the association, and keep 
on file all letters received and copies of all let- 
ters sent. 

The Treasurer sliall give such surety for 
the faitliful ])erf()rniance of his duties as the 
Council sliall recpiire; lie shall collect all dues, 
and receive and pay out all money belonging to 
the association, under the direction of the Fi- 
nance Committee, without whose order no 
money shall be invested or paid from the treas- 
ury. He shall report at the annual meeting, in 



detail, the receipts and expenditures of tlie pre- 
ceding year ; and shall keep the books always 
open to the inspection of any member. He 
shall keep a list of the members of the associa- 
tion, with date of all payments made as fees 
for membership. 

The Council, seven members of which 
shall constitute a quorum, shall have the gen- 
eral management of the aifairs of the associa- 
tion ; shall appoint annually a Finance Com- 
mittee of three, who shall be members of their 
own body ; a Librarian and Cabinet Keeper ; 
and such sub-committees as may be necessary. 

ARTICLE III. 

The annual meeting of the association 
shall be held during the month of June, at such 
date in the month as may be fixed upon by the 
Council, when all otficers sliall be chosen by 
ballot ; and a majority of ballots shall be nec- 
essary to elect. The annual Council shall be 



on the same day, or at sucli other time as may 
be fixed by the Council. 

ARTICLE IV. 

Any person may become and continue a 
member of this association by the payment of 
one dollar per year. Any person may become 
a life member, and be entitled to a certificate of 
membership, on the payment of fifteen dollars. 
Any person may become a life councilor by a 
vote of the association, on the payment of fifty 
dollars, and sliall be entitled to a certificate of 
membership. The annual tax shall be due the 
15th day of dune of eacli year. 

AHTK'LE V. 

The Lil)rariaii and Cabinet-Keeper sluill 
have charge of all books, ])a})ers and curiosities 
of the association, and shall record in a book 
kept for that purpose, a full list of the articles 
in his possession, with the name of the donor 
and the date when such articles are presented. 



ARTICLE VI. 

The stated meetings of the association and 
Council shall be called by the President, who 
shall give notice through some newspaper pub- 
lished on this island, of the time and place of 
holding the same, seven days before the time 
appointed. Articles shall be inserted in said 
call on the written application of three members. 
He shall, in like manner, call occasional meet- 
ings of tlie Council upon the application of 
three members ; and of the association, upon 
the application of seven members, said apjdica- 
tion being in writing, stating the object for 
which such meeting is called. 

AKTK'LK VII. 

This constitution may be altered or amend- 
ed by tlie association at any meeting, upon a 
vote of two-thirds of the members present and 
voting, notice of said yjroposed change having 
been in the call of said meeting. 



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By = Laws. 



BY-LAW I. 

Ten members of tlie association shall con- 
stitute a quorum at any meeting for the tran- 
saction of business. 

BY-LAW ir. 

Donations may be received by the Nan- 
tucket Historical Association as loans or gifts, 
and receipts for the same shall be given by the 
association. 



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CHARTER MEMBERS. 



Life JHeht\t)er3 

George Mitchell Brayton. 
Eva Channing, 
Elizabeth Rebecca Coffin, 
Annie Barker Folger, 
Gulielnia Folger, 
Sarah Joy Folger, 
Ellen Frothingham, 
Charles Ernest Kelly, 
Carrie Allen Middlebrook, 
Joseph Sidney Mitchell, 
Judith Morris Folger-Mitchell, 
Andrew Jackson Morton, 
Madeleine Curtis Mixter, 
Henry Pease Starbuck, 
Susan Amelia Starbuck, 
John Pearse Treadwell, 
George Bruce Upton, 
Henry Sherman Wyer, 



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Mar\' Ann Mitchell-Albertson, 

Clarissa Gibbs Wilson-Allen, 

Rachel Austin, 

Charles Henr\' Baker, 

Sarah Jane Baker, 

William Francis Barnard. 

Harriet Isabella Barnes, 

Elizabeth Gardner MacA-Barney, 

Susan Coffin Plaskett-Barrett, 

Helen Mar Pinkham-Belcher, 

Elizabeth Crosby Plaskett-Bennett, 

Harriet Stanton Bennett, 

Annie Warren Bodfish, 

Albert Gardner Brock, 

Annie Cartwright- Brock, 

George Henr3^ Brock, 

Charlotte Amanda Coleman-Brock, 

Susan Emma Brock, 

Mary Whippey Cushman-Brown, 

Mar^' Elizabeth Brown, 

Alexander Porter Browne, 

Alfred Bunker, 

George Lister Carlisle, 

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Mary vSwift Coffin-Carlisle, 

Sarah Affia Catlin, 

Delia Maria Upham-Chapman, 

Sidney Chase, 

Ella Merrihew-Chase, 

Annie Sale Chinery, 

Allen Coffin, 

Henr3' Coffin 

Elisha Padclack Coleman, 

Charles Carroll Crosby, 

Ellen Maria Easton-Crosby, 

Mar^^ Eliza Crosb}^ 

Elizabeth Coffin Pinkham-Crosby, 

Charles Bunker Dahlgren, 

Augusta Smith-Dahlgren, 

Myron Samuel Dudley, 

Mary Marrett-Dudley, 

Harriet Kempton Dunham, 

Harrison Gray Otis Dunham, 

Harriet Anne Elkins, 

Richard Gardner Elkins, 

Rebecca Watson-Farnum, 

George Gardner Fish, 

Judith Jones Derrick-Fish, 

Josiah Folger, 

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Lydia Maria Folger, 
Edmund Burke Fox, 
Millard Fillmore Freeborn, 
Anna Gardner, 
Arthur Hinton Gardner, 
Mary Brown-Gardner, 
Charlotte Mooers Gardner, 
Edward Coffin Gardner, 
Eliza Drew Gardner, 
Ella Potter Gardner, 
George Henry Gardner, 2d, 
Lucretia Folger Mac^'-Gardner, 
Helen Anthony Gardner, 
Herbert Channing Gardner, 
Carrie Maey-Gardner, 
Phebe Ann Russell-Gardner, 
Walter Russell Gaidner, 
John Shackford Grouard, 
Cornelia Johnson-Hammond, 
Phebe Anne Coffin-Hanaford, 
Harriet Peirce Clapp-Hazard, 
Bertha Hazard, 
Ann Eliza Joy-Hodge, 
Adeline Johnson-Holbrook, 
Stanley Edwards Johnson, 

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Royal Jasper Kellogg, 

William S. Kimball, 

Robert Bowiie King, 

Gertrude Mitchell King, 

Elizabeth S. Kite, 

Eunice Barnard Starbuck-Hussey-Lamberton, 

William Hathaway Clark Lawrence, 

Sarah Farrelly-Lawrence, 

Sarah Elizabeth Lovell, 

Marian Agnes Mclntyre, 

George Henr\' Mackay, 

Maria Mitchell Starbuck-Mackay, 

Arthur Macy, 

Isaac Augustus Macy, 

Lydia Hussey Mac\% 

Nelson Macy, 

Wendell Macy, 

Rachel Gardner Parker-Macy, 

William H. Macy, 

Eliza Wardell-Macy, 

William Starbuck Mac\', 

Wilson Macy, 

Mary Eliza Macy, 

William Henry McElroy, 

Sarah Eliza Hallett-Mildram, 

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Eliza Wolcott Plaskett-Clapp-Mitchell, 

Helen Leeds-AIitchell, 

Henry Mitchell, 

Susan Rebecca Hallett-Mitchell, 

Eliza Hallett Macy-Morton, 

Mary Louisa M\'rick, 

Emma Louisa Nickerson, 

Henry Paddack, 

Harry Piatt, 

Annie Starbuck-Platt, 

Benjamin Franklin Riddell, 

Elizabeth Swain Riddell, 

Henry W. Riddell, 

Anna Frances Riley, 

Hannah Mitchell Bunker-Robinson, 

Daniel Round. 

William Marshall Fitt Round, 

Alexander Henry Seaverns, 

Alice May Whitford-Seaverns, 

Hannah Ballinger Leedom-Sharp, 

Benjamin Sharp, 

Virginia May Guild-Sharp, 

Helen Minot Hamilton Shaw, 

Hannah Gardner Sheffield, 

Alexander Starbuck, 



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Charlotte Puffer Baxter-Starbuck, 

John Austin Starbuck, (son of H. P. and C. 

P. Starbuck.) 
Elizabeth Swain-Starbuck, 
Sidney Starbuck, 
Laura Crofut-Nichols-Starbuck, 
Horace Starbuck, 
Mary Eliza Starbuck, 
Lillian Carpenter-Streeter, 
John Wyer Summerhayes, 
Anna Folger Swain, 
Anna Gelston Swain, 
Ellen Odiorne Sw^ain, 
Ellen Starbuck-Swain, 
Maria Theresa Swain-Dibble-Swain, 
Mary Frances Sw^ain, 
Sarah Bunker Swain, 
Sarah Starbuck Barne\'-Swain, 
Mary Gardner Coleman-Tallant, 
Jane Louisa McCall-Turner, 
Flo ret te Upham, 
Henry Macy Upham, 
Grace Le Baron Locke-Uphara, 
Alice Huntington-Upton, 
Mary Worth Hussey-Gardner- Vincent, 

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Fanny Louise Weaver, 

Elizabeth Holden Webb, 

Josiah Lock Webster, 

Emily Weeks, 

Mary Sophronia Whippey, 

Nannie Riddell Wood, 

Phebe Austin Meader-Woods, 

Frederick Worth, 

Marianna Coffin- Worth, 

Mary Coffin Worth, 

Frederick Worth, Jr., 

Lois Neal Pease-Starbuck-Wyer, 

Mary Crosby W^er, 

Rebecca Clark Hussey-Wyer. 



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H EADQUARTERS 
OLD FRIENDS' MEETING HOUSE, 

FAIR STREET, 
NANTUCKET, MASS. 



